Hi
I post here to have some opinions about old PCDP.
In fact I recently bought a Sony Discman D-225CR and it seems to be a real good player, very practical (IR remote, LCD backlight). The drawback are mainly size, batteries live (#5 h with 2AA) and of course for 1992 item, no CD-RW compatibility.
I think the sound is good (it use a 1bit DAC) .
In fact I don’t see really difference with D-33 which use 8 time oversampling DAC.
Today I prefer the Sony sound than the Technics one. When I was younger it was the contrary (I have the SL-XP-505 and SL-XP-340). In fact Sony sounds more crisp and the Mega bass has more effect than Technics XBS. Of course for some CDs Technics is better in my opinion.
For the practical use I think Tecnics better, mainly because you can press top and have the number of track and the total time, like on a home CD player. Sony resume mode is usefull and restart very fast but I can't bear the bip (specially in pause mode!)
I don’t have the exact year of the 505 (about 1992-1993) and must be in similar to the Sony D-225 (IR, blacklight,…) but with 8 times DAC. The live sound is also very appreciable. The autonomy is better than the Sony one.
The 340 (purchased in 1996) was one of the first generation with anti-shock memory and can play more than 10h with 2AA cells. It use MASH (1 bit DAC I think), but sound very close as the 505.
Have somes of you test these players, what are your opinion and how would you compare them with Sony D-303 (I read on this forum it is one of the most in term of sound quality)? Do you think there are collectible PCDP?
